Interplay

Interplay was developed by Cynthia Winton-Henry and Phil Porter, two dancing theologians, about twenty years
ago.  Interplay is a movement practice, a folk art, a way for grown-ups to play, heal, and love each other more
fully, and a means of creating spiritual community through the media of dance, song, story-telling, and poem-
making.  It is ritual, art, and play, accessible to everyone, and infinitely flexible and adaptable.

I took my first contact improvisation class in April 2002, and jumped in to the practice with both feet.  Cynthia and
Phil encouraged me to improvise poems in performance, and from that I have become interested in “channelled
poetry” a la Rumi.  

Currently, I perform with Wing It! a company of improvisers who use Interplay forms and techniques to create
spontaneous and participatory theater.  I also teach occasional workshops in the art of improvising poems.  

To learn more about Interplay, log on to the website at www.interplay.org, or www.bodywisdom.org.